kin_mapuche: Mapuches in Coipuco

kin_mapucheR Documentation

Mapuches in Coipuco

Description

This matrices are part of a study that was conducted at Coipuco, in Chile, Southamerica, between 1968 and 1970. The data was collected by Milan Stuchlik. It has been recognized as one of the first studies in Chile and latinamerica using social network analysis (Ortiz and Espinosa-Rada, forthcoming). The complete work was published as a book by Stuchlik (1976), which described in more detailed the complete etnography.

Usage

data(kin_mapuche)

Format

A list of matrices of the relationships and other activities shared by the Mapuche community in Coipuco.

kin

Types of kinship relations among the community. 0: no information or no kindship relation. 1: patri-relation. 2: matri-relation. 3: affinal relation.

reservations

Internal groups among the community. Each roman number is one group: they are six in total

intensity

Intensity of kindship relationships among the community. 0: no information or no kindship relation. 1: primary kindship relation between two members of both families. 2: near and/or exactly known kinship relation. 3: supposed kinship relation, the terms are used consistenly, but cannot be substantiated. 4: affinal relation.

Source

Stuchlik, Milan (1976). The life on half share. Mechanisms of Social Recruitment among the Mapuche of Southern Chile. London: C. Hurst & Company.

References

Ortiz, Francisca and Espinosa-Rada, Alejandro (forthcoming). Ciencias de redes sociales en America Latina: enfasis y nuevas directrices en el campo de las ciencias sociales. In Ortiz, Francisca and Espinosa-Rada, Alejandro (eds.) El analisis de redes sociales en Latinamerica. Madrid, Spain: Editorial CIS.


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